Improvement in battenings for roofs



E. M. CONKLING.

BATTENING FOR ROOFS. No. 175,337. Pat e nted March 28,1876.

Wz'incssesz Inz/eniorz N-FETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES ELEAZER M. GONKLING, ()F PARMA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BATTENINGS FOR ROOFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,337. dated March 28, 1876;

application filed July 30, 1875 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEAZER M. OoNK- LING, of Parma, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Formation of Batten Roofing and Siding; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a transverse section of a portion of two foundation or panel boards, A, and the bottom strip B. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a slightly-modified form. Fig.3 represents the application of an eaves-trough.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap and efficient style of batten roofing and siding; and it consists in a peculiar formation of the panels or foundation-boards and the batten-strips for that class of roofing and siding, whereby the tendency is to convey the water away from the joint between the panelstrips.

It will be seen that no external batten is used in my improved style of roofing and siding; but I use, instead, a grooved batten, B, which is placed under or behind the joint of the panel-boards A. The latter are formed externally as shown, so as to tend to convey the water away from the joint, which has been found to be almost perfectly accomplished, even during a driving rain-storm.

Should the joint be opened by shrinkage or otherwise, as indicated, the trough-batten B would convey the water to the eaves-trough, or, in the case of siding, to the base of the building.

By having the lips 73 hung within the trough or batten B an additional security against leakage is provided. Instead of the wooden battens B, metallic ones might be substituted, if desired, as indicated by the dotted lines a, Fig. 1.

The panels A may be made of any desired width, and either uniform or each alternate one wide and the others narrow.

Fig. 2 represents, substantially, the same formation, except that the lips tare formed at the edges of the panels, which may be as eflicient, and it admits of a narrower trough or batten.

In Fig. 3 the application of an eaves-trough, T, is represented. In making this application the edge of the panels A from the channels I) are cutaway at the lower end, as shown at d, Fig. 3, and also the battens B, to provide sufficient water-way. The facia-board J is secured to the lower end of the panel A, or a portion of them might be cut short, it preferred, and its upper edge should reach more or less above the upper face of the panels A, to prevent overflow therefrom. The board E is secured to the lower edge of the board J and to the fillet I. This forms a case for the support and protection of the metallic lining T, which constitutes the eaves-trough.

It is obvious thatvarious modifications of the forms of the panels may be made without departing from the character of my invention, which characteristic consists in providing a slope to the weather-surface of all the boards from the joint for a greater or less distance from the joint.

I do not claim a batten or a panel formed as shown in the patent to Henkle, May 18, 1875, No. 163,375; but

What I claim is I In combination with the blind trough or batten B, the panel A, provided with channels 12, formed, as shown and described, upon the upper side, and provided with lips ion their under side, for the purposes. set forth.

E. M. CONKLING.

Witnesses:

WM. S. LOUGHBOROUGH, E. B. WHITMORE. 

